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Article 431-13
Anyone who fraudulently damages or attempts to damage, deletes or attempts to delete,
tampers with or attempts to tamper with, alters or attempts to alter, modifies or attempts
to modify computerized data shall be punished with a prison term of one (1) to five (5)
years and/or a fine of 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 francs.
Article 431-14
Anyone who produces or manufactures a set of digitized data through the fraudulent
inputting, deletion or suppression of computerized data that have been stored, processed
or transmitted by a computer system, resulting in forged data, with the intent that they be
considered or acted upon for legal purposes as if they were original, shall be punished
with a prison term of one (1) to five (5) years and/or a fine of 5,000,000 to 10,000,000
francs.
Article 431-15
Anyone who knowingly uses or attempts to use data obtained under the conditions set out
in Article 431-14 of the present Law shall be punished with the same penalties.
Article 431-16
Anyone who fraudulently obtains any advantage for himself or for another person by
inputting, altering, deleting or suppressing computerized data or by any form of
interference with the operation of a computer system shall be punished with a prison term
of one (1) to five (5) years and/or a fine of 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 francs.
SECTION II: SPECIFIC INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHTS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL RELATING TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
Article 431-17
Anyone who, even through negligence, processes or arranges the processing of personal
data without having complied with the formalities set out in the Law on Personal Data
prior to using such data shall be punished with a prison term of one (1) to seven (7) years
and/or a fine of 500,000 to 10,000,000 francs.
Article 431-18
Anyone who, even through negligence, carries out or arranges processing that is subject
to the measure provided for in Article 30, subparagraph 1, of the Law on Personal Data
shall be punished with a prison term of one (1) to seven (7) years and/or a fine of 500,000
to 10,000,000 francs or both.
Article 431-19
Where personal data are processed or the processing thereof is arranged under the
conditions set out in Article 19 of the aforementioned Law on Personal Data, anyone who
fails to comply, including through negligence, with the simplification or exemption
regulations established for that purpose by the Commission on Personal Data shall be
punished with a prison term of one (1) to seven (7) years and/or a fine of 500,000 to
10,000,000 francs or both.